Your 25 Favorite Movies

[Ricky]

Not in any particular order:

1. The Mist
2. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
3. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
4. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
5. The Prestige
6. Saw
7. Saw II
8. Saw III
9. Saw IV
10. The Mummy
11. The Mummy Returns
12. Bruce Almighty
13. Batman Begins
14. The Green Mile
15. Happy Gilmore
16. Misery
17. Elf
18. Ratatouille
19. Horton Hears A Who

Man, I swear I've seen more movies than this.

[Tiffany]

I don't think I have 50 but here goes (no order):

The Red Violin
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
300
American Beauty
The Princess Bride
Shoot 'em Up
Children of Men
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Network
The Big Lebowski
Pan's Labyrinth
The Thing
The Labyrinth
Goonies
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Kentucky Fried Movie
Dangerous Beauty
Lean on Me
The Exorcist
Fight Club
Pleasantville
Kill Bill Vol. 2
Three Rooms
The Fifth Element
Pulp Fiction
The Professional (or Leon, depending on the country).
Dark City
The Usual Suspects
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Clue*
Life is Beautiful

That's it. I could throw some more on here for the sake of having 50 but these are the ones I love the most.

[RUBE]

Funny, it was hard for me to cut my list to fifty. I still think of ones that should have been in there.

[Jimmy]

1. Anchorman
2. Boondock Saints
3. Kill Bill Vol. 1
4. Kill Bill Vol. 2
5. Reservoir Dogs
6. Full Metal Jacket
7. Top Secret!
8. Iron Man
9. Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas
10. Fight Club
11. Event Horizon
12. The Warriors
13. Dog Day Afternoon
14. An American Werewolf In London
15. Dr. Strangelove
16. The Life Aquatic w/ Steve Zissou
17. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
18. Adaptation
19. Identity
20. Master & Commander : On The Far Side of the World
21. Grandma's Boy
22. LA Confidential
23. Shaun of the Dead
24. Unbreakable
25. The Deer Hunter
26. Frailty
27. Pink Floyd's The Wall
28. From Dusk Till Dawn
29. Pi
30. Half Baked
31. PCU
32. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
33. Fletch
34. The Big Lebowski
35. Raising Arizona
36. Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
37. The Quick & The Dead
38. Clue
39. Leon (The Professional)
40. I Heart Huckabee's
41. Halloween
42. Prince of Darkness
43. The Thing
44. V For Vendetta
45. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
46. The Royal Tenenbaums
47. Bottle Rocket
48. The Shining
49. Pee Wee's Big Adventure
50. Ghostbusters

Whew!

[fernandito]

I'm loving these lists

[Jean]

Well, I had to make two lists: one of movies made originally in English, and the other for what you would call "foreign" movies. I didn't include any Russian movies at all, although they are my very favorite, and I could easily have made a top 100 - but I understand that nobody has no access to them anyway, so it would be no use.

List One is in chronological order (my unquestionable top three would be It's a Wonderful Life, 12 Angry Men (the original), and Casablanca). Of course it is subject to change; that's what things are like as of today:

1. San Francisco (1936, Woody Van Dyke)
2. One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937, Henry Koster)
3. Mr.Smith Goes to Washington (1939, Frank Capra)
4. Rebecca (1940, Alfred Hitchcock)
5. Citizen Kane (1941, Orson Welles)
6. Casablanca (1942, Michael Curtiz)
7. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944, Frank Capra)
8. Spellbound (1945, Alfred Hitchcock)
9. It's a Wonderful Life (1946, Frank Capra)
10. Harvey (1950, Henry Koster)
11. Singin’ in the Rain (1952, Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly)
12. Roman Holiday (1953, William Wyler)
13. Rear Window (1954, Alfred Hitchcock)
14. The Trouble With Harry (1955, Alfred Hitchcock)
15. Twelve Angry Men (1957, Sidney Lumet)
16. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957, David Lean)
17. Some Like It Hot (1959, Billy Wilder)
18. West-Side Story (1961, Jerome Robbins & Robert Wise)
19. To Kill a Mockinbird (1962, Robert Mulligan)
20. Lawrence of Arabia (1962, David Lean)
21. The Servant (1963, Joseph Losey)
22. Mary Poppins (1964, Robert Stevenson)
23. My Fair Lady (1964, George Cukor)
24. Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes (1965, Ken Annakin)
25. The Sound of Music (1965, Robert Wise)
26. Who is Afraid of Virginia Wolf (1966, Mike Nichols)
27. The Lion in Winter (1968, Anthony Harvey)
28. Oliver! (1968, Carol Reed)
29. Play It Again, Sam (1972, Herbert Ross)
30. The Man Who Would Be King (1975, John Huston)
31. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones)
32. Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979, Terry Jones)
33. The Stunt Man (1980, Richard Rush)
34. Educating Rita (1983, Lewis Gilbert)
35. Yentl (1983, Barbra Streisand)
36. Dead Poets Society (1989, Peter Weir)
37. When Harry Met Sally (1989, Rob Reiner)
38. King Ralph (1991, David S. Ward)
39. Addams Family (1991, 1993 Barry Sonnenfeld)
40. Groundhog Day (1993, Harold Ramis)
41. Forrest Gump (1994, Robert Zemeckis)
42. IQ (1994, Fred Schepisi)
43. Major Paine (1995, Nick Castle)
44. Sahara (1995, Brian Trenchard-Smith)
45. Braveheart (1995, Mel Gibson)
46. Wag the Dog (1997, Barry Levinson)
47. As Good As It Gets (1997, James L. Brooks)
48. The Sixth Sense (1999, M. Night Shyamalan)
49. O Brother, Where Art Thou (2000, Joel Coen)
50. Apocalypto (2006, Mel Gibson)

[Jean]

List Two is grouped by countries; no particular order inside groups (I have boldened my very favorite ones for today):

Japanese:

1. Shichinin no samurai (1954, Akira Kurosawa; =The Seven Samurai )
2. Yojimbo (1961, Akira Kurosawa; = The Bodyguard)
3. Kagemusha (1980, Akira Kurosawa; =Shadow Warrior)
4. Ran (1985, Akira Kurosawa)
5. Rashomon (1950, Akira Kurosawa)
6. Akahige (1965, Akira Kurosawa; =Red Beard)
7. Sugata Sanshiro (1965, Utikawa Seitiro; = Judo Saga)
8. Saikaku ichidai onna (1953, Kenji Mizoguchi; = The Life of Oharu)
9. Ugetsu monogatari (1953, Kenji Mizoguchi; =Tales of a Pale and Mysterious Moon After the Rain)

French:

10. La grande vadrouille (1966, Gérard Oury; =Don't Look Now - We're Being Shot at)
11. Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté (1988, Claude Lelouch)
12. Les Misérables (1995, Claude Lelouch)
13. Delicatessen (1991, Jean-Pierre Jeunet)
14. La Cité des enfants perdus (1995, Jean-Pierre Jeunet; = The City of Lost Children)
15. Notre histoire (1984, Bertrand Blier; = Our Story)
16. Plein soleil (1960, René Clément; = Purple Noon)
17. Mon oncle (1958, Jacques Tati; = My Uncle)
18. La chevre (1981, Francis Veber; = Knock On Wood)
19. Monsieur (1964, Jean-Paul Le Chanois)
20. Les comperes (1983, Francis Veber; = ComDads)
21. Deux hommes dans la ville (1973, José Giovanni, = Two Men in Town)
22. Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie (1972, Luis Bunuel; = The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie)
23. La veuve Couderc (1971, Pierre Granier-Deferre; = The Widow Couderc)
24. Un singe en hiver (1963, Henri Verneuil)
25. Monsieur Klein (1976, Joseph Losey; = Mr.Klein)
26. Le Samurai (1967, Jean-Pierre Melville; = The Godson)
27. La loi c'est la loi (1958, Christian-Jaque; = The Law Is the Law)
28. Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob (1973, Gérard Oury; = The Adventures of Rabbi Jacob)
29. Mon oncle Benjamen (1969, Edouard Molinaro; = My Uncle Benjamen)
30. L'emmerdeur (1973, Edouard Molinaro; = A Pain in the A...)
31. Les aventuriers (1967, Robert Enrico; = The Last Adventure)
31. Le rapace (1968, Jose Giovanni; =Birds of Prey)
32. Fanfan la tulipe (1952, Christian-Jaque; = Fan-Fan the Tulip)
33. Fortunat (1960, Alex Joffé)
34. Le jouet (1976, Francis Veber; =The Toy)
35. Flic Story (1975, Jacques Deray; = Cop Story)

Italian:

35. La prima notte di quiete (1972, Valerio Zurlini; =Indian Summer)
36. Il deserto dei Tartari (1976, Valerio Zurlini; = The Desert of the Tartars)
37. C'eravamo tanto amati (1974, Ettore Scola; = We All Loved Each Other So Much)
38. Cinema Paradiso
39. Matrimonio all'italiana (1964, Vittorio De Sica; =Marriage Italian-Style)
40. Pane e cioccolata (1973, Franco Brusati; =Bread and Chocolate)
41. Bal (1983, Ettore Scola)
41. Cristo si è fermato a Eboli (1979, Carlo Levi)
41. Quién sabe? (1967, Damiano Damiani; =Who Knows; aka A Bullet for the General)
42. Le notti di Kabiria (1957, Federico Fellini; = Kabiria’s Nights)
43. Amarcord (1973, Federico Fellini)
44. Un uomo in ginocchio (1978, Damiano Damiani; = A Man on His Knees)
45. La Caduta degli dei (1969, Luchino Visconti; =The Damned)
46. Rocco e i suoi fratelli (1960, Luchino Visconti; =Rocco and His Brothers)

German:

47. “M” (1931, Fritz Lang)
48. Lili Marleen (1981, Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
49. Die Ehe der Maria Braun (1979, Rainer Werner Fassbinder; =The Marriage of Maria Braun)

Hungarian:

50. Mephisto (1981, István Szabó)

[Heather19]

Thank you so much for posting your list Jean. You've got some great films on there. I'm definitely going to go check out some of the ones you've bolded that I haven't seen yet.

[Jean]

[Heather19]

ok, so I added Our Story and The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie to my Netflix queue. I really wasn't sure which ones to pick. What couple would you recommend I check out first? (I've already seen M and Delicatessen)

[Jean]

The Discreet Charm is a classic, and I am sure you will love it; Notre Histoire is very weird, and I am not so sure... but it is worth a try anyway, there's a VERY big chance you might love it, too.

[fernandito]

/Me thinks I need to revise my list.

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Ok, I'll give this a shot... Most of these are on other lists, but I think their may be a few new ones.

Also in no order.

1.Labrynth
2.Office Space
3.Idiocracy
4.Stand by Me
5.The Breakfast Club
6.The Lost Boys
7.Little Shop of Horrors (original black and white)
8.A Few Good Men
9.Snatch (LOVE THIS MOVIE)
10.What's eating Gilbert Grape?
11.Interview with a Vampire
12.Gremlins
13.Ghostbusters
14.Natural Born Killers
15.Lord of the Flies
16.Goonies
17.Caddyshack
18.Raising Arizona
19.Great Outdoors
20.Strange Brew
21.A Christmas Story *****
22.A Clockwork Orange**** Had to put these two movies next to each other LOL
23.Reservoir Dogs
24.Pulp Fiction
25.A Fish Called Wanda
26.Princess Bride
27.Dances With Wolves
28.Dogma
29.Open Season
30.Goodfellas
31.A Nightmare Before Christmas
32.Maximum Overdrive *ducks*
33.Young Guns
34.Dumb and Dumber
35.Monty Python and the Holy Grail
36.Super Troopers
37.Raiders of the Lost Ark
38.Empire Strikes Back
39.The Shawshank Redemption
40.American History X
41.Blood In Blood Out
42.American Me
43.Full Metal Jacket
44.Army of Darkness
45.Clerks
46.Mallrats
47.Beetlejuice
48.Fight Club
49.Toy Story
50.Finding Nemo

[fernandito]

Nice

[Melike]

*random order*

1- The Fountain
2- Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
3- 3-Iron
4- Dream
5- Time
6- The Isle
7-Samaritan Girl
8- The Bow
9- Breath
10- Beautiful
11- Re-cycle
12- Oldboy
13- I'm a Cyborg But That's Ok
14- Tony Takitani
15- Dolls
16- Pan's Labyrinth
17- Mirrormask
18- Labyrinth
19- The City of Lost Children
20- Ed Wood
21- The Science Of Sleep
22- eXistenZ
23- Pi
24- Howl's Moving Castle
25- Spirited Away
26- Mushishi
27- Burn After Reading
28- Snatch
29- Trainspotting
30- Dogville
31- Wristcutters: A Love Story
32- Big Fish
33- Manderlay
34- The Sea Inside
35- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
36- Cashback
37- Interwiev With The Vampire
38- Bram Stoker's Dracula
39- Love's a Bitch
40- 21 Grams
41- Talk to Her
42- Edward Scissorhands
43- Beetlejuice
44- Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
45- Resevoir Dogs
46- Pulp Fiction
47- Desperado
48- Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
49- Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
50- Epitaph / The Last Breath

[Heather19]

You've got some great movies there Melike.

I think I might need to go back and redo my list sometime, there have been some great films I've seen this past year.

[William50]

Brownings Childe has some great ones also.

[Melike]

You've got some great movies there Melike.

I think I might need to go back and redo my list sometime, there have been some great films I've seen this past year.

Your list and Jean's list are my favorite, too.
And I have made a little change on my list.

[fernandito]

*Bump*

I'm going to revise my list soon

[cozener]

The Man Who Would Be King
Batman Begins
Dark Knight
Batman Returns
The Big Lebowski
Dr. No
Patton
Dune (1984)
Lord of the Rings (I consider them all one movie)
V for Vendetta
Dr. Strangelove
The Holy Grail (MP)
Little Big Man
Star Trek 6: The Undiscovered Country
Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Kahn
Star Trek 3: The Search for Spock
Star Trek: First Contact
Empire Strikes Back
Revenge of the Sith
Salem’s Lot (1979)
The Hobbit (1977)
The Hustler
The Lion in Winter
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Office Space
Grandma’s Boy
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Goodfellas
Arthur
1 Hour Photo
South Park (Bigger, Longer, Uncut)
300
Tombstone
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
The Chocolate War
Dances With Wolves
Scrooged
Unforgiven
The Keep
Conan the Barbarian
The Frisco Kid
The Godfather
First Blood
Diehard
A Few Good Men
Crank
Deliverance
Naked Lunch
American Beauty
Young Frankenstein
The Men’s Club
Full Metal Jacket
Blue Velvet

[fernandito]

Note : I decided to cut the number in half for two reasons

1. 25 is a less daunting number and will perhaps encourage members to post their lists

2. I wanted people to really think about their list and force them to include their absolute BEST

I'm also inviting those that have already posted their lists to post one again without looking at the their previous post! When done, go back and compare the two lists, see how your tastes have varied/changed over the years. There are lots of new members here, so I expect to see more lists

Here is my revised list , in alphabetical order:

12 Angry Men
Brazil
Casablanca
Chinatown
Clockwork Orange
Dark Knight
Godfather
Godfather II
Goodfellas
It's A Wonderful Life
No Country For Old Men
Once Upon A Time In The West
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Predator
Pulp Fiction
Schindler's List
Taxi Driver
Terminator 2
The Empire Strikes Back
The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
The Shawshank Redemption
There Will Be Blood
Vertigo
Watchmen
Yojimbo

[Heather19]

I'll post one soon, but this is going to be hard to narrow it down

Feev, you've got an interesting mix of films there. But I thought for sure you were going to add on It's a Wonderful Life.

[fernandito]

But, but, it is there!

Spoiler:

[LadyHitchhiker]

(No particular order)
All 11 Star Trek movies
12.) Rocky Horror Picture Show
13.) Mrs. Winterbourne
14.) Little Shop of Horrors
15.) Delirious (with John Candy)
16-19 Resident Evils 1-3
20.) Clue
21.) The Stand (does that count? Because it's a mini-series event but I count it anyways) and if the doesn't count: Demolition Man
22.) Princess Bride
23.) Journey of Natty Gann
24.) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
25.) Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

[Heather19]

But, but, it is there!

Spoiler:

I see it now!